Thread: Problems Peening

Thanks for all the suggestions and help. I have another theory but will save that for another thread. Heading back out to give it another go.
Hopefully I will have some better results and pics to share.
Cheers!

Just a thought. I have one piece of rod that is simply too hard and does not peen well with the usual tap tap tap. A wap will bend it every time, so I haven't been using that piece. At some point I will try to aneel it. Length being just right is kind of a big deal too.

Every couple of years I'll get a piece of rod that is just to hard to peen into place. Unfortunately, it usually takes me about 3/4 of the rod to figure that out.
I'd try another piece of rod.

Try to make the pin shorter than you think will work. I start mine about 1 thickness of a washer at most. Try to hit everything BUT the middle of the pin. If that doesn't do it , get new pin material :<0)

Originally Posted by 10Pups

Try to make the pin shorter than you think will work. I start mine about 1 thickness of a washer at most. Try to hit everything BUT the middle of the pin. If that doesn't do it , get new pin material :<0)

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Brass is often of inconsistent hardness. Google the WIKI about brass hardness.

Brass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I prefer to anneal my pin ends prier to peening. Ive also noticed if the pin material is too loose in relationship to all the corresponding holes in the scale, collars etc. it tends to give all the pieces a place to rack and shift. Ive bent many a pin because of to loose a pin in my scales. I would get done thinking I was finished only to find the scales are no longer perpendicular to one another. Although all that assembling and disassembling has made me very skillful in breaking down a razor without destroying the collars. A skill that people seem to disregard these days.

Originally Posted by BWP1474

Thanks for all the suggestions and help. I have another theory but will save that for another thread. Heading back out to give it another go.
Hopefully I will have some better results and pics to share.
Cheers!

So this last time I really took my time and was able to get the pin in place without bending it. Still has some play but I think I can actually use it. I think I was getting too rushed to finish and was too heavy with the hammer.
I was also using custom brass washers and the interior hole was too large which required a really big mushroom at the pin. (More on that later.)
Thanks for all the advise.

BWP not sure on your plans or process,
but at this stage I polish my pins by rubbing on a coarse denim like cloth with the remnants of polish on it, doubled over on a hard surface,
this polishes the pins & washers & smooths out the peening makes, if light taps were used they will all smooth out completely to finish them off pretty quickly before final hand polishing the scales etc completed

Originally Posted by Substance

BWP not sure on your plans or process,
but at this stage I polish my pins by rubbing on a coarse denim like cloth with the remnants of polish on it, doubled over on a hard surface,
this polishes the pins & washers & smooths out the peening makes, if light taps were used they will all smooth out completely to finish them off pretty quickly before final hand polishing the scales etc completed

Thanks for the advise. At this time all I've done is work them a little with rubbing compound. The scales are finished with about 6 coats of CA glue. The pic doesn't show it but it really pops the wood grain. I purposely left a lot of photo details out because kind frankly my s_it ain't worthy, this being my first real attempt at scale building and finish.
I kind of feel like the guy who's bringing a mutt to the Westminster Dog Show.

There are so many guys here that do such stellar work it can be rather intimidating to show your work.